It’s almost a three day weekend here in the States, and I’m off like a dirty shirt. Enjoy the linkage!
- Unfortunate Renaissance babies.
- A smiling shiba inu.
- The Museum of Celebrity Leftovers.
- Cult director (and my personal idol) John Waters is hitchhiking across the United States.
- Victorian fast food included hot eels, pickled whelks, and sheep’s trotters.
- The Underground New York Public Library.
- An online map that calculates travel times in the ancient world.
Organized trash found in nature.
Do you dig mourning jewelry and symbolism? There’s a blog for that.
Modern minimalist fairy tale posters.
Tattoos and the stories behind them.
Rings to make you go “ooh, ooh, ooh.”
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Alison is Editor in Chief of the Etsy Blog. When she's not trawling Etsy for pottery, folk art, and vintage oddities, she enjoys exploring New York, historical nonfiction and thrifting. She loves a good cat video.
83 comments
Sign in to add your ownStephanie from StringBeardCraftery says:
Such a peculiar and amazing collection of oddities. This will keep me busy during the barbeques!
360 days ago
Melanie from merVazi says:
Interesting
360 days ago
moonula from moonula says:
Love the medieval manuscript cookies and the minimalist fairytale poster.!
360 days ago
Parachute425 from Parachute425 says:
Great mind candy for the week end. Thanks.
360 days ago
Kristine Zanno from kzannoart says:
It all depends on how you look at it
360 days ago
LivingVintage from LivingVintage says:
Love it!
360 days ago
OuterKnits from OuterKnits says:
Scintillating picks!
360 days ago
Nataliya from HansHolzkopf says:
wow!! cool!! cool! cool!
360 days ago
rosebudshome from rosebudshome says:
I love to explore all the links you supplied. So much fun!
360 days ago
Sarah from CopperheadCreations says:
Love the "organized trash found in nature"! Pretty daring.
360 days ago
Katie from BlackStar says:
I love, love, love the old bottles! Have a fab weekend everyone. :)
360 days ago
Pine from TheRakishTilt says:
Some interesting stuff to check out...although, I think I can do without the tampax art (ew).
360 days ago
Erika from ErikaPrice says:
Wow - what an amazing collection of links! Love the map that calculates travel times in the ancient world, and the photo of old bottles - but I'll take a rain check on the tampax, thanks!
360 days ago
Emily Talling from LumiStyle says:
The rapunzel fairy tale poster is amazing. Love that it makes me want to grow my hair......forever...imagine.....
360 days ago
Jess from volkerwandering says:
Lovely video, what a great advertisement! The collections are pretty neat too, even the tampon applicator one, but it's not something I would hang up in my home. LOL
360 days ago
baconsquarefarm from baconsquarefarm says:
Enjoyed the ring video and indeed it made me go ooh, ooh, ooh. Enjoy your weekend.
360 days ago
Paul Fiorello from DancingMoonLLC says:
What a wonderful collection of creative things in color and style
360 days ago
Gracie from TheBeautyofBoredom says:
Interesting! I especially like the article about Victorian fast food. I don't think I would eat most of the stuff on the list, being a vegetarian and all, but I could go for a potato and some peas I suppose. And the A-Z jewelry was pretty cute and colorful.
360 days ago
The Royal from theroyal says:
gulf of distortion is currently relevant in my life.
360 days ago
Amanda Gynther from CafePrimrose says:
Oh! Awesomeness! Great article!
360 days ago
Megan from MegansMenagerie says:
Oh wow! I love the cookies! So detailed!!!
360 days ago
Sam from stepbackink says:
very nice. Love the pic of old Bierute.
360 days ago
breadandroses2 from breadandroses2 says:
Mourning jewelry and medieval manuscript cookies - as good as it gets. The illuminated paper wafers for the cookies are here on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/100659383/medieval-illuminated-manuscript-cookie
360 days ago
mary from QueenofCuffs says:
Love the tattoos stories!! Beautiful find the ring video . . . It did make me go ooh ooh ooh - but it was ooh ooh ooh want to see one of those on cuffs !!!!
360 days ago
Nikki Weiss from myMtnStudio says:
Interesting ... are those cookies really edible?
360 days ago
France Gallery from FranceGallery says:
Interesting photographs!
360 days ago
coalchild from coalchild says:
order seems to make everything art....great pics
360 days ago
VaLon Frandsen from thevicagirl says:
I love this artwork. The spoon/forks remind me of a light project a friend of mine built out of spoons. The first step was to drill holes it them, and then there were extras. I ate out of spoons with holes in them for months.
360 days ago
jewelkingthai from jewelkingthai says:
great collection
360 days ago
iammieCLAYshop from iammieCLAYshop says:
Nice picks!
360 days ago
Martha Smith from opendoorstudio says:
Love the instant collections found in nature... of not so natural elements. thanks for sharing!
360 days ago
Joy from JunkStoreAddict says:
What interesting picks!
360 days ago
Susanne Major from LineaLina says:
Love this organized trash idea!
360 days ago
elise mahan from elisemahanfineart says:
this is a brilliant selection that lends beauty and mystery to things we deem everyday items. thank you for sharing this!
360 days ago
Karen Brown says:
I love that this feature is back. It's one of my favorite things on Etsy. Always!
360 days ago
easasa from easasa says:
Very interesting,thank you for sharing!
360 days ago
lilstitch from lilstitch says:
Look! I have a drill.
359 days ago
Helen Mills from hmmills says:
Very cool
359 days ago
Carolyn S. Miller from AutumnLeavesJewelry says:
i just don't "get" the beauty of collecting used tampons and photographing them...ick
359 days ago
Holly from CamelsAndCustard says:
Great collection!!!! I especially liked the underground New York public library. It made me want to pull out a book and hop on a bus :)
359 days ago
RetroRevivalBoutique from RetroRevivalBoutique says:
Well, that tampon piece sure is.....interesting. X) But really, great collection!. :)
359 days ago
Mimi from aTreasureInStore says:
I always love these articles, but I can't help but go "Eeeww" on the tampon art. Really, really gross! The cookies and bottles are more my speed!
359 days ago
Caitlin Edge from knitsbycaitlin says:
Love it all, very interesting.
359 days ago
Julia K Walton from LoveButtons says:
Nice finds! :)
359 days ago
Custom Baby from customizeBaby says:
YOUR ITEMS ARE BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
359 days ago
messinabella from BandBEstate says:
Great finds, of course I'm partial to the antique mourning jewelry ;)
359 days ago
Peter Foti from MurumuruArt says:
Great article! Lovely finds ;)
359 days ago
natacha from nanoutriko says:
Very interesting!
359 days ago
Elizabeth Lagasse from LillyThings says:
Those cookies are AWESOME!!
359 days ago
Sonya Rasi from sonyarasi says:
Great collection!
359 days ago
Michaela Stephens from ArtsyFlair says:
Love the randomness of the collection! Fun! :)
359 days ago
Ashley from FlyingAce says:
The plastic ware is so cool!
359 days ago
Renata and Jonathan from RenataandJonathan says:
Awesome !
359 days ago
slatevintager from slatevintager says:
interesting post! Thank you!
359 days ago
Kasia from Eclectivist says:
Super selection! Smart and surprising - that's what I love Etsy for. Delighted to see our vase in such quirky company!
359 days ago
Stephanie from DottiesPhD says:
Very interesting...
358 days ago
Laura from chaoticlucidity says:
Awesome thanks!
358 days ago
ST Innovation from stinnovation says:
memory， hahaha so interestingggggggggggggggggggggg!
358 days ago
GraysonDesigns11 from GraysonDesigns11 says:
Fascinating collection of pretty things and not so pretty things made pretty through artistic vision.
358 days ago
Natalia from KMalinkaVintage says:
Great post! Awesome vintage ring!
358 days ago
LIAT kires from ATLIART says:
Very interesting!
358 days ago
Amy from needleandfelt says:
Barry Rosenthal's tampon applicator photograph is conspicuous, beautiful and gross. Curious if he was inconspicuous when collecting them - did he where gloves? He would be very interesting to watch combing the beach and a perfect subject to photograph! Thank you for sharing! Amazing artists.
358 days ago
kim from ethanollie says:
looove the posters
358 days ago
Britt from NotDesigner says:
Haha I love the distorted messages poster. I can recall all the times, especially through text message, I've been lost with a significant other in translation or interpretation. There's quite a few.
358 days ago
AMSkrafts from AMSkrafts says:
Wow, great links! Such interesting works, especially love the Children's Story Posters. Thank you for sharing!
358 days ago
Wei from HoneyThistle says:
Love the links at the beginning, the tampon art is interesting but a little gross.
358 days ago
Victoria Baker from LittleWrenPottery says:
Great finds, I like the minimalist posters - theres always so much beauty to be found in minimalist art!
358 days ago
friedasophie from friedasophie says:
Adore the red cord Lamp
357 days ago
TresChicNmodern from TresChicNmodern says:
BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ITEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT SELECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
357 days ago
rivahside says:
Somewhat strange......
357 days ago
Nata from dekkoline says:
Cool!
357 days ago
Dawn Beckwith from CRAZYCOOLSTUFF says:
Etsy artists INVENTED "Upcycled". What a great way to conserve and express your quirky little personality at the same time. : )
357 days ago
Katrina Scheihing from SailKatSail says:
You can tell a lot about a person by what they throw into the water. Wishes, trash, dead pets, stones, themselves. I am sure it' all a metaphor for something or other.
357 days ago
nadia from naneHandmade says:
very nice and interesting!!!
357 days ago
Anita Spero from AnitaSperoDesign says:
Loved the bottles. I collect bottles. They are little pieces of art. But then again I collect anything that I can make into art. Very cool.
357 days ago
Madelyn from madwhimsy says:
What wonderful links! Thank you especially for The Art of Mourning. Now I'll be lost in there for awhile. That happy kind of lost.
356 days ago
SusiesBoutiqueTLC from SusiesBoutiqueTLC says:
Very nice. :)
356 days ago
Colleen O'Neal from truthbeautyandlove27 says:
loved the cookies, amazing! and the bottles and the tattoo story! the tampons not so much!
356 days ago
Shilene Johnson from shilene says:
Nice, thanks
356 days ago
FreakyPeas from FreakyPeas says:
interesting....."freaky"
355 days ago
Jessica Beebe from thestapeliacompany says:
Always love these posts. What inspirational work. I love those knitted lamps especially.
355 days ago
KK tiandi from KKtiandi says:
I like those "Plastic forks and spoons". What a cool idea!!!
354 days ago
Lola Ocian from GoldenSpiralDesigns says:
Some people say that the story or meaning behind a tattoo isn't necessary. But if there's no story, then they seem really 1 dimensional. Thanks for linking me to this, I'm both an illustrator and a tattoo artist, so it's a find for sure. :)
354 days ago